rohiṇyÄs tanayaḥ prokto
rÄmaḥ saá¹…kará¹£aṇas tvayÄ
devakyÄ garbha-sambandhaḥ
kuto dehÄntaraá¹ vinÄ
rohiṇyÄḥ - of RohiṇīdevÄ«, the mother of Baladeva; tanayaḥ - the son; proktaḥ - is well known; rÄmaḥ - BalarÄma; saá¹…kará¹£aṇaḥ - BalarÄma is none other than Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, the first Deity in the quadruple group (Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and VÄsudeva); tvayÄ - by you (it is so said); devakyÄḥ - of DevakÄ«, the mother of Kṛṣṇa; garbha-sambandhaḥ - connected with the womb; kutaḥ - how; deha-antaram - transferring bodies; vinÄ - without.
My dear Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«, you have already explained that Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa, who belongs to the second quadruple, appeared as the son of Rohiṇī named BalarÄma. If BalarÄma was not transferred from one body to another, how is it possible that He was first in the womb of DevakÄ« and then in the womb of Rohiṇī? Kindly explain this to me.
Here is a question particularly directed at understanding BalarÄma, who is Saá¹…kará¹£aṇa Himself. BalarÄma is well known as the son of Rohiṇī, yet it is also known that He was the son of DevakÄ«. ParÄ«ká¹£it MahÄrÄja wanted to understand the mystery of BalarÄma’s being the son of both DevakÄ« and Rohiṇī.
